by Kristi Knott | Oct 14, 2020 | Anxiety, Identity, Suffering, Uncategorized
I have a secret. I am learning, however, to be more open about it, because it shows the power of the gospel in my life. I live with anxiety. At times it has been crippling. My most difficult bout with anxiety was last Fall. What began as a fun family movie night...
by Kristi Knott | Sep 2, 2020 | Grief, Suffering
Loss It seems fitting that I am writing about grief on “Overdose Awareness Day.” How else can I honor my brother, Jason Paul Keels, than to write about the gaping hole in my heart? I still have his phone number- even though it belongs to somebody else now. For 6...
by Kristi Knott | Aug 5, 2020 | Ministry Highlight, Outreach
Building Bridges Over the past 7 weeks, our church has been on a mission of building bridges with boxes. In partnership with schools, other churches, and non-profits, we have distributed around 4000 boxes to families in our community. The boxes contain dairy, fruit,...
by Kristi Knott | Jun 24, 2020 | Relationships, Suffering
Looking at the screen, I read three words. “I give up.” I paused and clicked on the comments. There were three. “Hang in there!” “Praying for you!” The last one read, “Hugs” with a cute smiley face emoji with hands. My internal wrestling began. Was...
by Kristi Knott | Apr 1, 2020 | Church
On my way to church, I pass five other churches. All of them display a cross. But each of them is different. Some have a whiteboard with a cheesy joke, some don’t. Some have traditional buildings, others have unique ones....